Pakistan MCQs

Future condition clauses normally use the simple present, not 'will.'
The future result appears in the main clause.

A comma separates the reporting clause from the quotation.
The final period is placed inside the closing quotation mark in this style.

'Provided that' introduces a condition and takes the simple present for future reference.
Following the rules is required for participation.

The zero conditional expresses a general scientific result.
Both clauses normally use the simple present.

'If only' plus the past perfect expresses strong regret about a past action.
The map was not checked before departure.

The first conditional describes a realistic future possibility.
The result clause uses 'will' plus the base verb.

The second conditional describes an unreal or unlikely present situation.
Its result clause uses 'would' plus the base verb.

The third conditional refers to an unreal past condition and result.
The result uses 'would have' plus a past participle.

The past decision has an unreal present consequence.
A past perfect condition combines with a present conditional result.

'Unless' means 'if not' and introduces a real future condition.
The main clause therefore uses 'will miss.'

The pronoun changes to match Ali, and the present tense backshifts after a past reporting verb.
'Am' therefore becomes 'was.'

The present perfect normally backshifts to the past perfect after 'said.'
Pronouns also change to match Sara.